Quick NBA predictions for the year so you can see how wrong I was later on:
1. The Lakers will win the NBA title. Seriously, it's the same team that went to the Finals last year, but they have Bynum healthy, Odom as a sixth man and the whole team caring about defense.
2. The Celtics will not make it back to the NBA Finals. One of the Big Three will get hurt. Playing the law of averages here with three players that are older than 30 and have logged a ton of games and minutes in their careers.
3. Greg Oden will finally score a point in a regular season game, but he's going to be a non-factor for most of the season. Sorry, Portland. Your big man is a big injury waiting to happen.
4. That team that plays in Oklahoma City will finish with the worst record and not win the lottery because they are doomed to fail by their terrible karma. They will never win anything in Oklahoma City.
5. Houston will be a popular pick to do damage in the playoffs but won't get past the first round. Again.
6. The Heat and the Knicks will both make the playoffs, and they'll both be a lot of fun to watch.
7. Say goodbye to the playoffs, Dallas Mavericks. You had a good run while it lasted. Quick rundown of their problems: Dirk has no heart, Kidd can't defend quicker guards (i.e. CP3, D-Will, Tony Parker, Steve Nash, hell, even Jordan Farmar), they have no killer to take over the end of the game, Erick Dampier is in the middle (speaking of no heart), they overpaid for DeSagana Diop (an ok defender, but a foul machine and he can't score) , Josh Howard isn't comfortable in Dallas anymore, and Jerry Stackhouse is about 8 years past his prime.
8. LeBron will set the record for holy shit moments in an NBA season not featuring Michael Jordan. Expect a few 40-10-10 games and maybe even a 50-10-10 game if his teammates are up to par.
9. The Cavs will be in the NBA Finals.
10. Bynum destroying the Big Z will be the last moment of the NBA Finals, moreso than the Kobe-LeBron matchup, which will be a toss-up edging slightly towards LeBron. But seriously, the best young big in the league going up against an aging, slow as molasses white center? not even close.
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im scared to say this, but i totally agree with you! Cavs vs Lakers, big 3 celtics will injure, greg oden will score, okc wont win the lottery, houston wont get by the 1st round, heat and knicks yes, mavs suck (cuban and insider trading), but one thing...
its lebron time J, its the year of the king, and nobody can stop him...not even kobe and one of the best teams ive seen...and lebron has got a pretty good team this year, ben wallace will pull a defensive effort out of his ass to bother bynum or gasol, and moe williams is a good 4th option (with lebron being 1-3)
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